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Comedy Central

News, Daily News, Comedy

4.2 • 14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Online image filters take a destructive toll on teens' self-esteem, Bill Gates wants to reinvent the toilet, ransomware cyberattacks pose a growing threat to the U.S., and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:05.2	What is one of the biggest concerns people have about modern technology?
0:17.6	Privacy, right?
0:20.2	Because our phones know everything about us.
0:22.9	What music we listen to?
0:24.5	How much sleep we get?
0:26.1	What our face looks like when we're pooping?
0:29.0	But now Apple is going to give you a little more control over how widely that information
0:34.8	is shared.
0:35.8	You know how it goes.
0:36.8	You search for something online, then see an ad on Facebook or Instagram for that exact
0:40.9	item.
0:41.9	Well Apple is making it harder for apps to track your online activity.
0:46.8	When you're using apps on your iPhone, you may start to see this.
0:49.9	Apple users must now give permission for apps to track your online activity data before
0:55.2	you can only opt out.
0:56.7	It's about time.
0:57.9	And what Jenny Gephardt is with the Privacy Nonprofit, the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
1:02.2	Switching from opt out to opt in is huge.
1:05.2	That is what's going to really make a lot more users opt out of this tracking feature
1:09.8	that wasn't built for users.
1:11.0	It was built for advertisers.
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